November 2015
Paramountcy of Federal Legislation
Alberta (Attorney General) v. Moloney, 2015 SCC 51: A conflict is said to arise in one of two situations, which form the two branches of the paramountcy test: (1) there…
Charlie Sheen reveals he’s HIV-positive: “I accept this condition”
American actor Charlie Sheen revealed Tuesday that he has HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, during an appearance on NBC’s Today Show. The post Charlie Sheen reveals he’s HIV-positive: “I…
Canada’s Implementation of UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights Raises Questions About Oilsands, Resource Extraction
After years of refusal by the Conservative government, Canada is preparing to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) — a decision that could herald…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Kitchen cats.
Creating a Mob May Be Easy
…But controlling a mob isn’t something you can really predict. What’s the Saskatchewan Premier doing releasing an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for a “pause” and “delay” to…
The Airport Mystery
What’s happening at Collingwood Airport? Or better yet: what’s NOT happening? And why isn’t it? Once touted as the role model for regional cooperation, and having the best potential for…
Nov. 17: We are being set up.
It began with the biggest foreign policy disaster of recent times – the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. We have never been told the truth about why this was…
He’s Here!
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency has released their latest projections for el Nino. At the bottom of this chart you’ll see a band of dark red that stretches…
The Paris Massacre, the Children, and the Flowers
It's hard enough for an adult to understand the horror of the Paris massacre. Or how some people can be so cruel and vicious.So imagine being a parent in that…
Can we safely screen 25,000 refugees?
Toronto Pearson International Airport processed 38 million passengers last year. 23 million international and transborder, so that’s over 11 million arrivals per year, or 32,000 per day, all being security…
How We Can Pop Ottawa’s Lobby Bubble
“The lobbyist” and “the lobby” are terms we often hear in political discourse and in the media. I don’t how many times I have listened to, or been involved in,…
Let’s take a moment to acknowledge our collective ignorance about West and Central Asia
There's lots to deplore about how (white settler) people in this country have responded to the Paris attacks and their aftermath -- racist assaults, racist politicking, racist vandalism, and a…
They Shame Us All
Canadians like to regard themselves as fair-minded people. It is for precisely that reason that we need to denounce strongly those who attempt to subvert those values by hateful speech…
Let’s take a moment to acknowledge our collective ignorance about West and Central Asia
There’s lots to deplore about how (white settler) people in this country have responded to the Paris attacks and their aftermath — racist assaults, racist politicking, racist vandalism, and a…
What is a Contract?
I ask you to dinner and you stand me up. As a result I lose some money preparing extra food and I open a bottle of wine I might otherwise…
Going to be a long 4 years (for Conservative supporters)
You might have caught a while back that interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose promised her party would use a “new tone” now that they were in opposition, implying the nasty…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Martin Whittaker reminds us that the American public is eager for a far more fair distribution of income than the one provided…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Your news links for today: Attacks revive debate on encryption, surveillance – France 24 After Paris attacks, UK politicians suggest fast-tracking new surveillance laws – The Verge Encrypted Messaging Apps…